JB

27, Scot. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 MMO Enthusiast, Pizza Slut.

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@rickygervais Writing is better in this version at least.

[Mortdog @Mortdog]

My time at Riot and on TFT as a Game Designer has come to an end. Just under 10 years, and to be honest I thought it was going to be longer, but sometimes things change.
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I’m so grateful for what I was able to be a small part of, and able to accomplish in the last decade. It’s been a dream career, and I have got to do so much thanks to Riot. Even trying to list it all feels insane what I managed to do in this time. And the crazy 7 years on TFT where I got to design, balance, teach, lead, and more for my job, but then also build a community, stream, cast, go to events…it’s just been amazing. Ending on stuff like the Unlock system and a couple other things…I’m heading out proud.

To everyone I worked with over the years, thank you for letting me be a part of everything we accomplished. I hope I managed to teach you something or bring you joy in some way. I genuinely hope our paths cross again in the future.

To everyone who supported TFT or me over the years, you have no idea what it means to me. I cherish all the moments over the years, and they’ll keep me going. I am so blessed to have been a part of your lives and thank you for letting me bring some fun into your world.
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So…what’s next for me? I’m trying to figure that out.
First off, since I was on sabbatical and am terrible at relaxing/not working, I have been making my own small indie game. I’m about 2 months into development and have already had folks playtesting some early builds. I’d say the game is like 20-30% done, but my goal is to release it as a full game. It’s been fun keeping my skills sharp in a different space, and I hope to share it with you all someday.

Beyond that, I’m keeping my eyes open for other opportunities. I’ve had a few conversations here and there already during my Sabbatical. It’s a brutal industry right now, so I’m taking one day at a time and figuring out what’s next for me, whether it’s working on another studio’s game or even my own thing.

And I’d love to find a space to do some content creation and be able to share my knowledge of game development. But that may take some time to figure out how to do it right.
-------------------------------------------------------Again, thank you for everything these last 10 years. It’s a big change and I’m nervous but hoping it all works out. Until next time, take it easy!
-Mort

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@MrBeast 7,777,777 pennies.

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@TobyTurner Bro acting like he beat the allegations himself (he didn’t)

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@tali_photo Am I crazy or do I hear a Masashi Hamauzu soundtrack?

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@Necrit94 Not at all.

The second they don’t meet initial returns after launching the game, they lay off a bunch of staff? Rubbish. This is exactly the sort of “low engagement” narrative they’d pull about game modes. They didn’t even try.

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@Ghostcrawler @Faburisu @PreachGaming @Ghostcrawler I’m sure the idea has already entered the heads of many more qualified than I… but it’d be cool to have you contributing to that hope again. Your engagement on the MMO was awesome.

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@IntelMMO @MarcMerrill

Some very talented people are just about to hit the market. Do what Riot does best. ❤️

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@TobyTurner @HeidiBriones Or maybe he forms his own ideas based on his moral and factual interpretation of current events?

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@Simon_Hypixel The sorta thing that makes me excited about collecting resources is the rare chance of finding something extremely valuable. Give ores a small chance to drop a very useful higher tier of ore, or even a small amount of “ore+” that would give bonus stats to items crafted from it.

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@Necrit94 @DumbsYT It’s not a gamejam, it’s a lot more open than that and involves all sorts of coding projects. Believe they call it a “Hackathon”.

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@TobyTurner @WildfireWhisper There’s a difference between teaching children language to express their existing feelings, and teaching them what their feelings should be. This is a really obvious strawman Toby - she isn’t suggesting we teach children to be gay, straight or bisexual - just what they mean.

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@Scotty_G9 @Keir_Starmer Thanks for the copypasta of your Grok/ChatGPT query. Great insight.

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@Tantacrul Hamburger menu icon or perhaps a spanner (rather than the cog).

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@TobyTurner @Keir_Starmer Toby - you realise that Adolescence wasn’t meant to represent the Southport attack and the script was written before this happened?

Assuming this is what you’re talking about. It’s a common mistruth told in right-wing circles.

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@Narddog75 @TobyTurner When people say “I was born in the wrong body” it’s a metaphor for the feelings of dysphoria they experience.

I don’t think being transgender isn’t really at odds with atheism, just like eating shrimp or wearing mixed fibres isn’t really at odds with christianity.

[Eric Nelson @literaryeric]

This is a painting of God steering a bullet into a volunteer fireman.

[Sgt Pepper @MzSgtPepper]

This is what Elon meant to say

[JB @Dumdeesie]

@nicksortor As a cyber security professional this is hardly a smoking gun. The attack was a DDOS, meaning there will have been IPs originating from almost every nation in the world.

It would be ridiculous to cherry pick a few IP addresses from a DDOS and assume intent based on that alone.